Taken: Neat in a Glencairn glass, rested for about 10 minutes.
Distillery: Green River Distilling Co., Owensboro, KY.
Proof: 92.
Age: NAS (4 years).
Mash bill: 70% Corn/21% Rye/9% Malted Barley.
Finishings: Barrel containing 100% locally sourced honey.
Retail Price: $24.99.
Appearance: Light caramel.
Nose
Werther’s caramel, butterscotch, honeycomb cereal, ripe peaches, vanilla icing, green tea, and allspice. There’s a lot of delicious sweetness and stone fruit, with a noticeable amount of herbal green tea, which adds a nice balance to the sweeter flavors.
Palate
Caramel, honey, peaches, green tea, cinnamon spice, and candied pecans. The creaminess of the mouthfeel caught me so off guard on the very first sip that I forgot to focus on anything else. Like the nose, there’s a lot of sweet caramel, honey, and stone fruit, but there’s also an herbal green tea/sage note with a pop of spice that adds balance to this dessert profile.
Finish
Allspice carries on with caramel, honey, candied pecans, and stone fruit. As the spice disappears, soft leather and subtle pipe tobacco emerge for a sweet, medium-length finish.
Conclusion
Green River Honey-Finished Bourbon is a delicious, super-easy-drinking whiskey that satisfied my sweet tooth. I appreciate the natural honey flavor and how the youthfulness of this profile showed more in its brightness rather than in being grainy or astringent. I’ll mainly be using Green River Honey to make cocktails, but it’s also a fun and delicious dessert pour that will have a permanent home on my shelf. For $25, Green River Honey is a no-brainer
Rating: 6.0/10.
Here’s a cocktail I’ve been enjoying that paired well with Green River Honey. Cheers!
Bourbon Iced Tea
4 oz. Green River Honey Finished Bourbon.
2 oz. honey mint simple syrup.
4 oz. of chilled tea.
1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
Ice cubes.
Add ice and all the ingredients into a mixing glass, then stir. With a strainer, pour into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with a lemon slice (optional).
The bottle for this review was provided to me by Green River Distilling at no cost and without any stipulations. The opinions expressed in this review are my own..
1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.
2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.
3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.
4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but better exists.
5 | Good | Good, just fine.
6 | Very Good | A cut above.
7 | Great | Well above average.
8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.
9 | Incredible | An all-time favorite.
10 | Perfect | Perfect.
